Runs websites for orgs like the BBC and the University of Oxford. Into charities, UK news, church. My personal views. Pronouns: he/him. heyjames777 on Threads
Oxfordshire, UK
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New blog on the way, and I'll be posting it on the Blue place and the Threaded place.
It's time to draw a line.
Twitter has changed my life several times over the last 15 years. Or rather the people I found here, and who found me have.
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Passing through these parts briefly and spotted this horror. Matt knows what he's talking about. ⬇️
A year ago, Living Out dropped a secret project - - now they are ready to roll it out.
"For over a year, the Emerging Generations team here at Living Out have been beavering away on a top-secret project..."
That project was Keleidoscope - an explicitly anti-gay kids project...
ALT Kaleidoscope is our series for youth groups, available for free here on our website. The series is all about giving young people the space to explore big questions about sexuality, gender and faith. Giving young people the space to explore big questions about sexuality, gender and faith.
But the problem is he's unstable enough that I can't trust him to not use his algorithm to influence me. And his causes are a mile away from mine.
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I think this is the most important thing I wrote this year. The reason: Christian leaders in all sorts of movements love to be 'National Director' and run away from the responsibility the title implies.
New blog: The Gerald Coates report is only half the story bit.ly/4bTfgaT
ALT Coates was more than just a founder
I see a lot less people. Churches expose you to a variety of people, some funny, some kind, some odd, some intimidating, some difficult. More of the former, but the latter leave an outsize impact.
Am I 'nowhere with God'? You'd have to ask him that.
Have I 'fallen away'? It's kind of a weird metaphor tbh.
I have less guilt about evangelism and fancy dress at Halloween. Wallowing in sin, that's me.
This year was a historic low in my church attendance. I think I made it to 5 or 6 services.
How did that pan out?
I had a load more free time. I did a lot less singing. I learned a lot more about the Bible.
Weird, eh? Churches are often not good places to learn about the Bible.
It's interesting what gets normalised in Christian circles. My Baptist-> UCCF-> New Churches -> CofE journey left me with a lasting impression that 10%+ of my income should go to the church.
Jesus seems less concerned on that front. 🤔
Here's the thing I found. When I decided to head for inclusive churches, and followed more LGBTQIA+ Christians on social media, I discovered that safety in church is a luxury, not a standard.
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Astonishingly, the Daily Mail is framing this as a 'demand' and a 'jaw-dropping requirement' of Blake Lively:
"'no more showing of nude videos or images of women, including the producer's wife' to Lively or her employees"
Are Daily Mail staff required to watch porn then?
ALT 'Jaw-dropping requirement'
For a few years I've been listening to the Man Enough Podcast. It's helped me think about gender and where it shows up. And then this news story drops:
nytimes.com/2024/12/21/busin…
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There may be more to come about Justin Baldoni. People tend to act out of habits, and when behaviour comes to light it's often an indicator of a courageous survivor rather than isolated occurence.
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